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June 20, 2025
Senate Embraces “Do No Harm” for Higher Education
…than three years: The median earnings of working former students six years after entry must exceed the median earnings of working bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 to 34 who are…
June 12, 2025
The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger)
…for federal student loans if their former students’ earnings are too low. For undergraduate programs, median earnings of former students four years after exit must exceed the earnings of a…
May 5, 2025
What’s in House Republicans’ Student Loan Overhaul
…programs like medicine have a limit of $150,000. These loans are currently unlimited. Annual loan limits are equal to the median cost of attendance for similar programs nationally, minus any…
December 11, 2024
Some College Graduates Are Taking Lower-Paying Jobs
…assistants held a bachelor’s degree—but by 2023 that fraction had risen to 35%. This is especially concerning because secretaries earn a median salary of $46,010—below the median for all workers. Research from…
November 25, 2024
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
…year after completion, the median student’s earnings must exceed $22,590 plus the price of tuition. It’s likely that many of the ineffective workforce education programs evaluated in the pilot would…
October 25, 2024
How Workforce Education Can Boost Earnings and Fill Jobs
…the state offers programs in a diverse range of industries. Other popular courses include training to enter the healthcare field, in roles such as clinical medical assistant or phlebotomy technician.…
October 10, 2024
Do Liberal Arts Colleges Pay Off? What the Data Say
…median return on investment of $889,000, compared to $652,000 for students who study the same subject at other colleges—a gap of $236,000. Economics majors at liberal arts colleges outperform their…
October 2, 2024
Higher Education: Making Education Beyond High School Work for All
…federal loans. Many students, especially those who grew up in families below the median income, got a raw deal from higher education. Disillusionment with college has yielded a 12 percent drop in…
September 11, 2024
After Decades of Competitive Admissions, Getting into College Has Finally Become Easier
…roughly 1,400 public and private nonprofit colleges that grant mostly bachelor’s degrees or higher, the median institution reduced its admissions rate by six percentage points between 2002 and 2012. Admissions…